Johannesburg - The chief executive of the Joburg Property Company , Helen Botes, and her chief financial officer, Imraan Bhamjee, are being investigated for allegedly wasting millions of rand by awarding highly inflated Covid-19 cleaning and sanitising contracts to four companies with no prior experience in cleaning.
Botes allegedly negotiated prices higher than the original quotes she was given by the companies in some cases. Among concerns raised by whistleblowers were allegations that none of the four companies awarded these multimillion-rand deals should have been considered in the first place. Samwu members last week stormed the mayor’s office in an unexpected protest, which disrupted a mayoral committee meeting for nearly three hours. They demanded the forensic investigation of the CEO and CFO be halted. They accused the JPC board of “victimising” and “harassing” management.